Damian Owerko
Research Scientist at Meta
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDamian Owerko is a research scientist and PhD-trained electrical and systems engineer with nine years of experience applying machine learning and graph signal processing to socially impactful problems like electrical grid optimization. He blends deep learning, GNNs and signal-processing expertise to produce practical gains—his work at UPenn yielded a 5% cost reduction in grid operations and sub-2% error rates, and a multi-sensor tracking system that improved accuracy by 40% over prior art. A hands-on collaborator with industry partners (Lockheed Martin, Apple, Meta) and polished presentation experience—including briefing Congress—he moves ideas from research to real-world deployment. He has published multiple IEEE conference papers and developed scalable training strategies such as transfer learning from small scenarios to large systems. Known for designing reproducible experiments and tooling (PyTorch, Dask, C++ integrations), he balances theoretical rigor with engineering pragmatism. Based in Philadelphia, he combines multidisciplinary training in robotics, physics and systems engineering with a knack for turning signal-processing theory into operational improvements.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at American School of WarsawHigh School, HL: Physics, Math, Economics; SL: Chemistry, Spanish, English, 44, High School, HL: Physics, Math, Economics; SL: Chemistry, Spanish, English, 44 at Sevenoaks School, Sevenoaks, United KingdomDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Systems Engineering, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Systems Engineering, 4.0 at University of Pennsylvania
English, Polish, Spanish
Github Skills (84)
graph-neural-network9
python8
gpu8
kerbal-space8
recommendation-system7
sharding7
deep-learning7
recommender-system7
pytorch7
machine-learning7
alerts7
graph-convolutional-networks6
optimization6
operator6
minecraft6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Damowerko/screeps
Jul 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 3 branches in 4 years 5 months
Damowerko/motion-planning
Feb 2022 - Apr 2025
Constrained reniforcement learning.
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 172 pushes in 3 years 2 months
deep-learningpytorchconstrainedmachine-learning
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